Mojave Solar Park (MSP-1),
to be built in the Mojave Desert,
will be the largest solar thermal plant to date.
The developer, Israel-based
Solel Solar Systems,
has signed a 25-year contract with
PG&E
for energy that the plant will produce.
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The plant is to have a peak power of 553 megawatts
and will cover 6,000 acres (24 square kilometers, or 9 square miles)
of land.
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facility

location

footprint area

peak output power

peak efficiency

square miles

square kilometers

megawatts

watts per square meter

net efficiency

Mojave Solar Park 1

Mojave desertnear Nevada and west of Ivanpah Dry Lake

9

24

553

23.04

2.30%

The plant,
which will use parabolic mirrors
and patented UVAC 2008 solar thermal receivers,
will have
1.2 million mirrors and 317 miles of vacuum tubing.
The contract with PG&E is for the annual purchase of 1,388 gigawatt-hours
of electricity.
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The cost of the Park is estimated at $2 billion.
The plan still awaits approval from the
CPUC.
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